Manilla Santos

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Manilla Santos
Personal information
Full nameManilla Santos-Ng
NicknameIlla
NationalityFilipino
Born (1984-12-28) December 28, 1984 (age 39)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
College / University De La Salle University (2002–2009)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Career
YearsTeams
2019 Choco Mucho Flying Titans

Manilla Santos-Ng (born December 28, 1984) is a former Filipino volleyball player last played for the Choco Mucho Flying Titans of the Premier Volleyball League. [1]

Contents

Career

Collegiate

Santos-Ng play for the Lady Archers of the De La Salle University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). She also tried out to play for the Letran Knights of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran but decided to go to De La Salle. [2]

She ended her stint with La Salle last playing for them in Season 71, where they won the championship title in 2009. [3] After her farewell game and winning their championship title, her jersey #14 was retired by De La Salle University. She is the first non-basketball player to retire the jersey. [4]

Club

Granting her son's wish to see her play, [5] Santos-Ng in 2019 came out of retirement to suit up for the Choco Mucho Flying Titans of the Premier Volleyball League. [6] After playing for her only tournament with Choco Mucho, the 2019 Open Conference, Santos-Ng announced that she would not suit up for the 2021 season. [7]

Personal life

After her retirement from collegiate volleyball, Santos would get married and had children Aside from being a housewife, she would work as part-time make up artist with some of her clients knowing her through her volleyball stint. [8] She is married to a business executive from the Ng family who works for Republic Biscuit Corporation, with whom she has two children. [9] [10] [11]

Awards

Individual (partial awards)

SeasonTournamentAwardRef
2009 UAAP Season 71 Most Valuable Player [3]
Best Receiver

Collegiate

YearSeasonTitleRef
2003 UAAP 65Runner-up
2004 UAAP 66Champions
2005 UAAP 67 Champions
2006 UAAP 68 Champions
2009 UAAP 71 Champions [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Manilla Santos-Ng to skip upcoming PVL season". ABS-CBN. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "La Salle legend Illa Santos close playing Letran". Tiebreaker times. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Manilla Santos-Ng last UAAP match was one of her finest hour". Spin. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "La retires Lady Spiker's jersey number". GMA Network. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ Naredo, Camille (August 7, 2019). "PVL: In return to volleyball, Illa Santos-Ng fulfills her son's wish". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ Agcaoli, Lance (August 3, 2019). "Manilla Santos comes out of retirement to suit up for Choco Mucho in PVL". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Volleyball: Manilla Santos to skip upcoming PVL season". ABS-CBN News. March 23, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (April 23, 2016). "Former La Salle star Illa Santos content to be hands-on mom, part-time makeup artist, and full-time fan". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Manilla Santos Thankful for Hubby's 'Most Expensive' Gift". Fastbreak.ph. November 23, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  10. ↑ Villanueva, Kristina (April 28, 2018). "DLSU's 'heart-strong' will make difference". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  11. ↑ Mendoza, Voltaire (April 4, 2019). "Santos-Ng teases possible volleyball return". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 14, 2024.


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